Subject to formal agreement, the joint venture will build two new large electric vans in a factory based in central or eastern Europe, with output expected within two years. One van will be based on the M-B Vans’ electric architecture known as VAN.EA, and the other based on the second generation Rivian Light Van (RLV) platform.
The new company will be known as NewALD and will give the business extensive global reach with a total of 3.5 million vehicles under fleet management.
Csaba Vincze has been named the new fleet director of Nissan Motor in the UK. Vincze takes over the role recently vacated by Peter McDonald, who left to become mobility director at automotive energy tech company Ohme.
The collaboration hopes to increase Anadolu Isuzu’s influence and penetration in the EV market, and the new partnership represents Proterra Powered’s entry into the European public transportation market.
Having sold Saab in 2009 and then quit Europe altogether in 2017 when GM Europe sold its Opel and Vauxhall brands to the PSA Group (now Stellantis), GM Europe is nosing its way back to Europe.
Compact and mid-size electric vehicles (EVs) are now fully cost competitive with petrol and diesel cars across most European countries according to LeasePlan’s newly released 2021 Car Cost Index.
Stellantis will remake its Turin, Italy, factory into an electric-vehicle (EV) center to increase efficiency as it shifts to selling more EVs.
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